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The Phoenix Indian School, or Phoenix Indian High School in its later years, was a Bureau of Indian Affairs -operated school in Encanto Village, in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. It served lower grades also from 1891 to 1935, and then served as a high school thereafter. It opened in 1891 and closed in 1990 on the orders of the federal government.
Learn how archaeology reveals the history and impact of the Phoenix Indian School, a federal boarding school that aimed to assimilate Native American children into Anglo-American culture. Explore the artifacts, records, and stories of the students and staff who attended and worked at the school from 1891 to 1988.
Located in the Band Building at 300 E. Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012 on the grounds of Steele Indian School Park, the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center is a historic building that remains from the nearly 100 year old Indian boarding school. Visit the PISVC to learn the true history of Indian boarding schools across America.
May 30, 2024 · The Phoenix Indian School was one of some 150 institutions for Indian wards of the U.S. Government founded as the Indian wars concluded. The schools' mission was to "civilize" and assimilate the Indians to American society through a process of education that sought to obliterate their native cultures. The model of organization and discipline ...
Jan 8, 2024 · The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) has been entrusted to lead the project with $3.7 million in grant funding through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Endowment for the Humanities. “NABS is an organization that does this work already and approaches the interviewing in a healing-centered approach ...
Jul 1, 2022 · A prominent boarding school for Native American children operated in central Phoenix from 1891 to 1990. In the early years, officials tried to wipe out the culture and identity of the students who ...
In March 1819, Congress passed the Indian Civilization Act with the purpose of civilizing and Christianizing Native peoples in an effort to, in the words of Captain Richard Pratt, “kill the Indian and save the man.” Administrators established Indian boarding schools across the United States, designing them to assimilate Native American youth to Western culture and ideals. The National ...
